Mount Hope High School salutatorian Tiffany Sparks never thought she’d experience a day like Thursday.
Sparks was one of 24 students who are the 84th and probably last …
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By Nancy Glasscock Staff Writer
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5/29/09
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Groundbreaking for a senior citizens center in Mount Hope should be June 15, now that the Alabama Historical Commission agrees the center will not disturb a historical site, county officials said.
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By Nancy Glasscock Staff Writer
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5/14/09
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Located in the valley of Bankhead’s Black Warrior Forest in the southwesternmost corner of Lawrence County, Mount Hope was a bustling cotton town in the early 1900s.
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1/25/09
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The Tennessee Valley Authority could increase rates by up to 20 percent on Oct. 1, TVA Chief Executive Tom Kilgore said Wednesday.
TVA will announce the exact amount of the increase between Aug. …
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BIRMINGHAM (AP) — A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed with its challenge that Alabama’s property tax system produces the lowest taxes in the nation and therefore is racially discriminatory.
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Gov. Bob Riley and state Superintendent of Education Joe Morton said today that 10 high schools in Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone counties and in Decatur will receive a total $813,000 to implement distance learning programs by school year 2009-10.
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